On the morning of August 20, at the door of an office of Huarui Film and Television.

Fang Bo stopped in front of the door, looked up, and saw a piece of paper with the words "A good show" written on the door, so he reached out and knocked on the door.

After he signed the contract with Hua Rui, "A Good Show" was officially established, and today is the day when the film began to be prepared.

This is the office arranged by Hua Rui for him, which is used to receive and interview some crew members, and as for actor auditions, makeup auditions, etc., there are other special places.

I have to say that although Huarui is weak in the field of film production, the process is still very standardized.

"Knock knock."

"Here we are."

A knock on the door was quickly followed by a man's voice inside, and the door was pulled open.

A middle-aged man with a gentle appearance appeared in front of Fang Bo's eyes.

As soon as the man saw Fang Bo, he immediately stretched out his right hand, and introduced himself with a smile: "Director Fang, hello, I am the executive producer of "A Good Show" arranged by the company, my name is Feng Shuming, and I will be responsible for giving you a hand during the preparation and production of the movie. ”

Feng Shuming said it very politely, but the truth is also true.

Under normal circumstances, the producer represents the investor, of course, the real character in the crew, and even the director has to come back in line.

But in the investment of "A Good Show", Fang Bo also contributed 15 million, which is about the same as Huarui Film and Television's 20 million, so he has three positions: investor, director, and screenwriter, even if Feng Shuming is an executive producer, he can't override him.

And Shen Zhuo's character is suspicious, not suspicious, since he chose to believe in Fang Bo, then he will not interfere too much in the creative process of the movie.

Therefore, Shen Zhuo had already instructed Feng Shuming in advance, asking him not to hold the executive production shelf, listen to Fang Bo in everything, leave the decision to Fang Bo, and he can help do some auxiliary work.

Feng Shuming naturally did not dare to disobey the orders of the president of the company, so when he communicated with Fang Bo, he lowered his posture.

Fang Bo didn't despise him because of his polite attitude, reached out and shook him, and said with a smile: "Producer Feng is polite, I don't have to say what to do, we just work together." ”

After a few polite words, the two walked into the office and sat down on the sofa chair.

Feng Shuming asked: "Director Fang, since the film has been officially approved, then we have to start the preparatory work, I don't know if the crew is staff, Director Fang, do you have a suitable candidate?" ”

In order to reduce the run-in time of the crew, many directors have their own familiar set of teams, and some well-known directors have long-term cooperation with photographers, makeup artists and other staff, and they can also be named "the queen of a certain director".

So before preparing the crew, Feng Shuming first asked to see if Fang Bo had his own manpower to be placed in.

It's a pity that Fang Bo's first work "Night Club" is a small-budget movie, and the crew is only about a dozen people. Since they can't afford to pay too high salaries, the professional level of photographers, makeup artists, etc. can only be said to be subluctant.

"Night Club" has no choice, and now "A Good Show" has a production cost of 35 million, for the sake of the quality of the movie, of course, a new crew must be formed.

So Fang Bo shook his head and said, "I don't have any candidates. ”

"Okay, then I'll contact the crew." Feng Shuming took over the work, took out a small notebook for recording, and asked, "Director Fang, do you have any requirements in this regard?" I'll do the screening later. ”

"If you ask for it, it's nothing special to implement it personally, in short, it's good to have more work experience, so as not to delay the time for too long during shooting."

As he spoke, Fang Bo remembered something and added, "By the way, the photographer must be able to use Steadicam proficiently. ”

Steadicam sounds lofty, but it's actually a kind of vibration-absorbing stabilizer for the camera, which reduces the shake of the frame.

Considering that the film was to be shot on the island, and the environment and terrain on the island were changeable, it was not convenient to set up tracks and rocker arms, and the effect of ordinary handheld stabilizers was a little worse, so many sports shots needed to use Steadicam.

This thing is not simple to use, walking posture, waist and shoulder angle, arm swing degree, finger distribution, etc. all need special training, not everyone will get started as soon as they get started, so Fang Bo will make special requests.

"Okay, I got it." Feng Shuming wrote notes in his notebook with a pen so as not to forget them later.

Fang Bo thought about it carefully, and then said: "The specific candidate will be contacted by you Feng Producer, I don't have too many requirements in this regard." However, on the whole, the crew must not be too bloated, and the personnel should be as streamlined as possible. ”

"First, it is to save costs, and secondly, the conditions on the island are limited, and if there are too many crew members, the logistics will be very troublesome."

After the training of "Night Club", Fang Bo's directing ability has matured a lot, not only in some big things, but also in small things like this, he can also plan well.

There is no way, now there is no tacit understanding of the right man around him, he has to do everything himself, and all aspects must be taken care of.

Feng Shuming nodded, "I remember." ”

After the two communicated, the preparations for "A Good Show" were carried out in an orderly manner.

Feng Shuming set out to pull up the crew of the movie, while Fang Bo borrowed Huarui Film and Television's connections in the circle and sent audition invitations to many actors.

Thanks to the Best New Director Award at the Yanjing Film Festival and the double blessing of the box office of "Night Club" exceeding 100 million, Fang Bo finally has a little prestige in the film industry.

Most of the actors who received the invitation, except for those who really had no schedule, promised to come to audition.

……

A few days later, a certain audition room of Huarui Film and Television.

When Fang Bo pushed the door in, there were already several people sitting inside.

Feng Shuming, the executive producer, was of course present, and in order to show the company's attention to "A Good Show", Song Huaiyuan, the distribution manager of Huarui, and several high-level executives such as the manager of the production department also came.

Originally, if the crew was properly prepared, the assistant director and the actor director would also be present, but the time was limited, Feng Shuming had just formed a framework, and the specific personnel had not yet been found, so it was temporarily forgotten.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Fang Bo raised his feet and walked inside, and said, "I'm sorry, I'm a little late." ”

He doesn't have a house in Yanjing, and he has been living in a hotel a few days ago, so Huarui Film and Television intimately found him a place to live, and it is also a high-end apartment with a good location, and the rent is of course paid by Huarui.

Everything else in the apartment is very good, beautifully decorated, fully equipped with appliances, high privacy, the only drawback is that it is a little far away from Huarui's office.

Fang Bo only packed his luggage from the hotel last night and moved over, but he didn't expect the distance to be so far, so he went out early this morning, and when he arrived, he still stepped on the dot and came in.